Quote by Ernest Hemingway
To have come on all this new world of writing, with time to read in a city like Paris where there was a way of living well and working, no matter how poor you were, was like having a great treasure given to you. You could take your treasure with you when you traveled too, and in the mountains where we lived in Switzerland and Italy, until we found Schruns in the high valley in the Vorarlberg in Austria, there were always the books, so that you lived in the new world you had found, the snow and the forests and the glaciers and their winter problems and your high shelter in the Hotel Taube in the village in the day time, and at night you could live in the other wonderful world the Russian writers were giving you.
Summary
This quote by Ernest Hemingway highlights the great joy and privilege of being immersed in the world of literature and writing. Hemingway speaks of the excitement of discovering new places, such as Paris, where one can lead a comfortable life even in poverty, while also having the opportunity to pursue a passion for reading. Regardless of where one travels, books can serve as a treasure that transports them to different worlds and experiences. Whether living in the Swiss mountains or visiting Austria, the books allow them to simultaneously inhabit their immediate surroundings and the imaginative realms created by talented writers like those from Russia.
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